they're airing a special on Ricky Henderson. I didn't realize he was such a beast. He's what Nyjer Morgan wants to be. At the very beginning Ricky says if you want to be a great base stealer you've got to "eliminate the fear". Oh, and have incredible talent doesn't hurt either. Morgan definitely doesn't have any fear. He just doesn't have the talent.

He's sure got the physical talent - speed - necessary, but so have lots of other ballplayers. Call it instinct, but it's really an intellectual ability, to recognize the subtle cues from the pitcher and know when to go.

I know this probably means a lot to yinz but on Wednesday at 8 PM (MLB Network) ... the 7th game of the 1960 World Series. I was in study hall when Maz hit the shot over Yogi and the Longines clock in left. Oh, happy day ....

Washington, D.C. (December 6, 2010) -- Baseball's MLB Network says it's now available in 56 million U.S, homes and it hopes to soon reach 70 million by signing up Dish Network and AT&T.

The channel made the disclosure at an investors conference last week.

Reuters reports that officials at the baseball channel did not offer any specific dates for when they would reach agreements with Dish and AT&T. But they did say they hoped the deals would come before the start of the 2011 baseball season.

Dish's 14 million plus subscribers and AT&T's 2.7 million customers would put the network over the 70 million mark.

"There's two major players that don't have the network," said Tony Petitti, MLB's top executive. "If one of those players came in, we'd be right on top of the 70 (million) number, and if both come in we'd probably exceed it."

Petitti said his network will no longer offer an equity stake to persuade a TV provider to carry the channel, a practice the network followed in signing up DIRECTV, Comcast, Time Warner and Cox.

I suggested on Fangraphs that they stage a steel cage match between Zimmerman and Longoria, the winner getting to claim the undisputed 3d base championship of the world, and loser being omitted from any further discussion on the Fangraphs website.